back          These few photographs have to stand in for the many friends Nanny & Papa had over the years, most missing from
this page. The clipping is from the newspaper celebrating multi-generations. Hazel Longtine, in the upper right of the clipping, lived across the street from us. The second shot is of Nanny & Hazel at an obviously later date. I attended Hazel's funeral, which strangely was the day after Nanny's, May 2005.



Ol' buds. Doris Longtine, related somehow to Hazel, lived up the street from us. Spag (Spagnoli) worked the cash
register at Fletcher's neighborhood grocery for many years and lived into her 90s. Everyone called her Spag so I don't
know her actual first name. You can see the decor Nanny chose for her place here in the kitchen. The second shot below
 is at sister Gus' on Nanny's 83rd birthday.

Nanny, Doris and Mrs. Seppola (below). Doris was married to Freddy, a pleasant ol' guy who had a workshop in
his backyard where he tinkered with all things mechanical. Son Dale, daughters Clarice and Sharon, Sharon
taken suddenly young by that scourge cancer.

This one, (below) gives another glimpse of Nanny's homey kitchen. Alva Genore, lived across from the baseball
field, worked in the sausage factory at one time, Mom of Noland, Bucky etc; Home Run balls would sometimes
drop into their yard or bounce off of their car. Spag and Doris. That kitchen table had a lot of mileage on it. 1986


Spag, Alva and Nanny... guess what time of year. Not sure where it was taken. Spag's son Jerry was a Howard
Cosell-sounding sportscaster and "Jumbo" lives in Tennessee now. We saw him around the house after Spag died.


The usual suspects, Spag, Alva and Doris probably at some church function or wedding?


Nanny and her friends used to like to go to Beefaroo in the neighborhood. Spag & Nanny this time, and who ever
took the shot. Spag was famous for walking everywhere well into old age.


The ol' bowling team (champs in fact). Top left, Jimmy Swenor, bottom right Gale Lawrence, Papa lower left.
the others I can't assign names but they're Leroy Hachapple, Mark Sertith, Keith Ayers, according to writing on
the photo back. Their winning bowling scores are also written there, Papa's was 165. Now why would they all
have suits on?


Len Jacobson (Lenny Jake) on the left near the door. Papa on the other side with coffee. The setting is a railroad
caboose and it looks like winter. Notice those flares over Papa's head. Len was married to the superb Margie.


Ed Loaf holds a purty big fish in 415 Craig Street's driveway. Dunno who's car? I put two together to show the
houses in the distance. Barb and Ray Nevela lived in the one on the left (just above the fish). Hazel & Fran Longtine lived
in the one on the right for many years but they moved at some point. Hazel remained a friend of Nanny's and
she was part of that sausage factory crew I think. As stated above, Hazel and Nanny were buried only a day apart.
The white house high on the hill was interesting. Typically, no great windows to enjoy the view of the lake to the east.

Lenny Jake, Ed Loaf and unknown (to me). Pretty early, the house still has its original red siding but the porch
is enclosed with the entry now on the driveway side instead of in front. Craig street was a sleigh street, meaning
there were signs at the intersections to warn drivers to yield.


Steve Swenor, who I don't remember, and Bill Wahmberg, a carpenter who lived a few houses away. That's his workshop
behind them I think. I remember getting lessons from him on cutting out yard ornaments on the bandsaw. We still have some
shelving in our bathroom he built that we salvaged from Nanny's. His nose was large and covered with holes as if they
were cleaned-out blackheads. A very nice man.


I don't know these folks but on the back it says, Kenneth and Ann, 12/30/1954. That looks like our rarely used
dining room. Behind Ann for awhile was the telephone on a little table. Before that it was in the hallway, a wall
phone and earlier the kind with a separate ear piece. A party line.


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